New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-06-08
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Temperance in the Minnesota Public Schools.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Temperance in the Minnesota Public Schools.
The state superintendent OF public in-
struction has issued a circular interpre ting
the law passed by the last legislature re
curing the teaching OF physiology aud hy-
giene in the public schools with reference
to narcotics and stimulants. He sum-
marizes the results which should
be attained at as follows:
Children should be trained to a consci-
entious regard for and obedience to by
gienic law. They should feel that laws OF
health are sacred, and that they ought
not to do what in any degree impars or
threatens the health of the body They
should cultivate a high ideal of health, its
beauty, its power and it's usefulness; and
withal cultivate an ambition toward
physical as we'll as moral perfec-
ton. They should know how the
them, and condition the health and use Of
their bodies, as az the structure OF tho
body in its framework. muscles, nerves,
organs OF nutrition and OF sense; az the
sustenances OF the body in cleanliness, rest
and clothing.
TIE treatment of the subject by the
teacher, the circular holds, includes the
following:
I. Names and sources of the common
narcotic poisons: 2. Effects, by their
use, upon the different parts
OF the body, as stomach, blood
heart and various tissues. 3. Effect upon
mental and moral faculties. f. The tend
ency OF indulgence to increase appetite.
5. Hereditary effects. 6. The tendency
OF indulgence to create disease, and weaken
vital forces and prevent recovery from dis
ease. &. Prevailing errors corrected. as
that alcoholic drinks give strength and in
crease power to endure heat and cold. s.
Its effects upon economic habits.
Arthur O'Keefe was killed on the Mil
waukee Short Line at Merriam Park St.
Paul. =
At the fair grounds St. Paul 9th there
was Il large sale OF Shorthorn cattle owned
by James j. Hilland N. P. Clarke. Promi.
nent stockmen from every portion OF the
Northwest were present. There were six.
ty sales. aggregating about S14, 900.
Judge Goodrich, so we'll known in ST..
Paul, and Minnesota generally is reported
in very poor health and suffering a good
deal of pain.
letter has been received at the COVER.
nor's office from Gen. Ruger, OF the regular
army, announcing that Light Battery b,
Fourth artillery, will encamp with Second
regiment, National Guard, at Mankato.
John Fiddes, postmaster at Jackson,
is dead. He came from Sterlingshire,
Scotlond, in 1881 and was a brother OF
Hon. Alex Fiddes. He was appointed
postmaster in 1886, succeeding his brother.
The ordinance submitting the PROPOSE.
ton to bond the city OF Winona for $780,.
600 in aid OF the Winona & Southwestern
railroad passed the council unanimously
amid great enthusiasm. The only cond.
ton made is that twenty miles OF road be
completed and in operation by January l,
1889. ~t
At Litchfeld court, the most i'm por tant nc
tion on trial was that OF James Martin, in
dicted for stealing horses. He pleaded
guilty to the charge OF larcency in the
second degree, and was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary.
At Hawley, the farmers elevator was
burned with over 80, 900 bushels OF wheat.
1t is thought to have been the work ui
tramps. Loss, $50, 900. The elevator
will be rebuilt.
William Gilbert, a Chicago travelling
man, was found murdered at midnight at
st. Paul in a low negro dive. Arrests on
suspicion have been made
At Minneapolis, DR.. Samuel Lindley sur
prises his relatives and friends by com.
uniting suicide, without apparent reason.
w. H. Jackson, OF the Duluth theater,
has received plans Tor his new theatre,
which it is proposed to erect on Superior
street this year.
Lille Fair, seventeen years old, was
brutally murdered at Ashby, Otter Tail
county.
Judge Brill at st. Paul has granted a de-
cree OF divorce to Thomas B. Humphrey
from his wife Lizzie, on the ground OF de-
sertion. They were married at Hastings,
Mimi, in July, 1888. Plaintiff is n horse
trainer, and when he removed to St. Paul
his wife refused to come with him. and he
has not since seen her, although two years
have elapsed.
The arguments in the Nelson will case
were concluded at Minneapolis, the jury re-
tired, and in about five minutes returned
with a verdict sustaining the will, which
bequeaths all the property, valued at
about 5000, 900, to the widow Mrs. EN-
lily Nelson.
A young gentleman whose name is believ
ed to be Gill, and who is thought to belong
in minneapolis arrived in London
eng. hotel at the beginning of the week
with plenty OF money and baggage. He
behaved SO strangely he is believed to be
insane. He fasts for long intervals.
Eric Hangros, whose daughter had been
seduced by a man named Winter in Moor.
head, was found hanging to a tree, dead,
near the latter town.
The third quarterly financial statement
OF the state board OF charities and correc
tions has been issued by Secretary Hart
1t shows the total appropriations Of the
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